failure to thrive?

[juliefurry03]

Ok my babies are now 3 weeks and almost 4 weeks old. My 4 week old brahmas are doing great, although I'm still fairly certain I have one roo in the mix. Anyways we have some delawares, 4 of them, who are 3 weeks old. There is one who is extremely small, at first we didn't think anything of it and my kids named her Peanut, now though the other delawares are double her size. She is still eating and drinking and feathering out just really small. Just yesterday I noticed her face, around both eyes, seemed dark like she was bruised but she has never been dropped or fallen. All these Delaware chicks were hatched on the same day so it isn't an age difference I don't think.

Could this possibly be failure to thrive? If so is there anything I can do for her?

 

[Folly's place]

As long as she is active and eating, just hope all is okay. If she is thinner, less active, breathing "funny', she probably won't make it. Some chicks just won't survive, and it's best to concentrate on the good doers, IMO. Mary